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Thursday, May 31, 2012

I finished this blankie up a couple nights ago, and let me tell you I was glad about that. For some reason, I just did not like working on this blankie. It was all I could do just to finish it.

It measures 32" across and I crocheted it with Loops & Threads Impeccable white and the other two are from mill-end bags (which I believe are Hobby Lobby's 'I Love This Yarn!') that I bought from AC Moore.

Monday, May 28, 2012

Sunday, May 27, 2012

On the day I left for the campground, I received in the mail my prize that I won from a giveaway that Madeleine of 'Yarn Madness' hosted. Along with the 'Crazy Zauberball', she also sent me 2 large decorative buttons and a bar of spiced vanilla soap. I love everything Madeleine - thank you very much. :)

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During my 2 1/2 days at the campground, this is all I could manage to crochet:

And the reason is because I was very busy crafting other things with my sisters Teri and Laura. Here are a couple things I worked on:

We also crafted some fancy candleholders and a Unity candle. Unfortunately, we didn't get pictures of them.

My sister Teri (she's the blonde standing up) had already crafted the veil and a very pretty flower arrangement before Laura (the one kneeling) and I arrived.

All of this work was for Laura's son Spencer and his new wife Berlyn. They were married in a small ceremony at my sister Julie's campsite on Saturday. And I have to give props to Julie and her husband Frankie - they cooked up the most delicious food - and there was plenty of it. There was shrimp, chicken, hamburgers, hot-dogs, chicken salad, potato salad, mac and cheese, pasta salad, green beans, cut corn, and corn-on-the-cob (I think I might be forgetting a couple things), and I'll tell you what - I think I gained 5 pounds just standing there looking at everything. There was also plenty of drinks and we certainly needed that - it was quite hot outside.

All-in-all, it was a lovely ceremony and a lovely day - and here is the lovely couple:

And the second one is a baby blankie I started a couple of days ago. I'm using Loops & Threads Impeccable for the white and the other 2 colors are from mill-end bags that I bought from AC Moore. Those 2 yarns feel very much like Hobby Lobby's 'I Love This Yarn!' - same shiney look and same very soft feel.

Speaking of ILTY! - I have a suspicion that the little 1.75 oz. variegated skeins I bought from AC Moore yesterday are also ILTY!. I'm crocheting granny squares for SIBOL with those.

Monday, May 14, 2012

I crafted aother thread holder - this one is double. These thread holders work best with cones - I had to add a toilet paper roll to the inside of the knit-cro-sheen to help protect the thread. I still like it though - keeps the thread from bouncing around.

Rnd 6: Ch 3, dc in same st as joining, dc in next dc, ch 1, dc in next dc, 2 dc in next dc, ch 1. *2 dc in next dc, dc in next dc, ch 1, dc in next dc, 2 dc in next dc, ch 1. Repeat from * around. Join as before.

Friday, May 4, 2012

The pattern for the 'pink flower doily' is now for sale on my 'patterns for sale' page.

This doily is crocheted with 2 colors of baker's twine - pink/white and green/white with a size 1 steel hook. It measures 13" across. If you would prefer to use thread, Paula and trinity8419 very kindly informed me that size 3 crochet thread is close in size to the baker's twine.

I started this doily with a little flower, followed by a ring of leaves. From there I added 2 rounds of open-shell stitch, some chain loops, and then finished with another round of the open-shell stitch. I enjoyed creating this doily and I hope you will to.

If you are interested, just click on the 'patterns for sale' button underneath my blog header and you will be taken to that page. Thank you very much for your support. :)

Does anyone out there have baker's twine and size 3 thread? I need to know if their sizes are the same. I purchased baker's twine from cutetape.com - it is supposedly the same twine that the bakeries use on the cake and pie boxes that you buy at the grocery store bakery. If you can help me out with this, I would very much appreciate it. Thank you so much. :)